Master web design and development with our new global computing course

Learn how to build, test and deploy a mobile-ready website with a new online course led by Goldsmiths’ Department of Computing, to be launched this September by the University of London International Programmes.

The launch makes the University of London the first UK university to launch a work-related ‘Specialisation’ programme with Coursera, which already offers 34 such high-demand Specialisations. 

Designed for beginners, Responsive Website Development and Design has six component courses with the final one culminating in a project. This requires the student to develop and design a website through the learning that has been acquired by completing the first five courses.   

The course is designed to enable learners to understand and develop all the technical layers found in a typical website. These range from the familiar interface text, through to several layers of technology, right down to the underpinning database structure.

Goldsmiths has led on developing this specialisation following a successful bidding process undertaken by Coursera to add new ‘high demand’ courses to its portfolio of 34 such Specialisations. This win follows a successful collaboration between the University of London International Programmes and Goldsmiths during the first phase of MOOCs in 2013.

A more recent MOOC, Creative Programming for Digital Media and Mobile Apps, was also designed by Goldsmiths and has seen more than 187,500 learners enrol on the three occasions it has been made available. The record number of enrolments make it one of the most successful MOOCs for the University of London International Programmes. 

Professor Mark D’Inverno, Pro-Warden for Research and Enterprise at Goldsmiths, said: “We have a very distinct approach to teaching computing, which is both highly creative and deeply technical, with the capability of producing the next generation of programmers for the creative industries. Our experience also extends to the undertaking of a large scale European project, which supports advanced peer feedback and social learning analytics – all of which have been built into this Specialisation for Coursera”.  

The MOOC is expected to attract learners from across the globe. "Not only will the course enable learners to master a skill and acquire expertise in web design and development but it will also make them more attractive to any prospective employer, regardless of whether they chose to go into a technical job or an unrelated area," adds Michael Kerrison, Director of Educational Innovation and Development, University of London.

The first of the six component courses for the Responsive Website Development and Design programme will be launched on 15 September 2015. The programme is led by Dr Matthew Yee-King with additional teaching by Dr Kate Devlin, Dr Mick Grierson and Dr Marco Gillies from ourDepartment of Computing.

 

Find out more about Responsive Website Development and Design and enrol via Coursera.org